Michael Schumacher’s son Mick wins Formula 3 European championship

Five victories in a row during the second half secure the title

Mick Schumacher added to his family legacy with a Formula 3 championship on Saturday at Hockenheim Circuit in Germany.

The Schumacher legacy grew a little larger on Saturday afternoon at Hockenheim Circuit in Germany.

Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher, secured the Formula 3 European Championship on the final weekend of the season in front of a supportive home crown. The 19-year-old German finished second in the second half of a doubleheader to score an insurmountable 347 points.

Schumacher won the title with eight victories in 12 races, including five in a row with the Mercedes-powered PREMA Theodore Racing team. He was 12th overall in his debut season last year.

The crown also qualifies him to race in Formula 1 next season, although there are only a few open rides and the more obvious goal of conquering Formula 2. Previous winners of the F3 series include Mercedes' four-time and current Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton.

Schumacher's father won the German F3 title in 1990, a year before his F1 debut with the Eddie Jordan team.

Mercedes motorsports boss Toto Wolff, who runs the F1 team that Schumacher drove for at the end of his career, said the teenaged prodigy has potential to reach the highest level of the sport.

"Attention was focused on the youngster right from the start, and he was under a lot of pressure. It's not easy coping with all that, especially if the season does not get off to the best of starts, as in this case," Wolff said.

"His performance in the second half of the season was therefore all the more impressive. He has shown that he has what it takes and that he can become one of the greats in our sport."